Fan-Driven Tour Location Selection via Interaction Points
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Solution Overview
Problem
In the context of online marketplaces, artists face challenges in gaining attention and generating revenue due to the overwhelming amount of media content available, making it difficult for them to connect with fans and promote their work effectively.
Innovation Solution
An online marketplace system that facilitates artist-fan interactions by allowing fans to influence tour locations through interactions such as accessing media content, purchasing merchandise, and sharing information, which generates points that contribute to the selection of tour stops, thereby creating a viral social networking component to increase artist exposure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If artists upload media content to online marketplace, then media content availability increases, but artist visibility and connection with fans deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a feedback mechanism where fan interactions (accessing media content, purchasing merchandise, sharing information) generate points that are fed back to influence tour location decisions. This creates a closed loop where artists can see direct feedback from their fans, resolving the visibility problem by making the connection between content availability and fan engagement tangible through the points system.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism (the points system and tour generation system) that mediates between the large volume of media content and artist-fan connections. Instead of direct exposure to overwhelming content volumes, fans interact through the intermediary points system, which translates their preferences into actionable tour location data, thereby maintaining visibility despite content abundance.
2Adaptability or versatility
If artists promote their work through traditional means, then artist exposure is limited, but fan engagement and revenue opportunities deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system transforms static artist promotion into a dynamic process where tour locations are not predetermined but generated in real-time based on fan interactions. The tour generation adapts to changing fan preferences and engagement levels, creating versatile exposure opportunities that directly correlate with revenue potential through the points-based selection mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a multi-functional system where fan interactions serve multiple purposes simultaneously: they generate points for tour location selection, increase artist visibility, and create revenue opportunities. This universal mechanism replaces traditional single-purpose promotion methods, allowing artists to gain exposure and revenue through the same engaged fan base.
3Ease of operation
If tour locations are predetermined by artists, then tour planning is simple, but fan influence and viral social networking potential deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service tour planning where the tour locations are automatically generated based on fan interaction data. Artists don't need to manually plan each location; instead, the system serves itself by processing fan points and interactions to determine optimal tour stops, maintaining ease of operation while maximizing fan influence.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary action by having fans accumulate points through interactions before the tour planning process. This preliminary engagement allows the system to have tour locations pre-determined based on accumulated fan preferences, combining the simplicity of predetermined locations with the adaptability of fan-driven selection.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer-readable storage mediums for determining tour locations are disclosed. Users are provided access to items of an online marketplace of a first user. Data is received from the first user that includes a request to determine a tour location of a tour. User accesses to the items of the online marketplace are monitored. Based at least on the monitored user accesses, values for candidate locations are determined. One of the candidate locations are selected based at least on the determined values of the candidate locations. The selected location of the candidate locations may be provided to the first user.